DHARAMSHALA: Earlier today His Eminence 17th Gyalwa Karmapa Ogyen Trinley Dorje graced the ceremony of the birth anniversary of Guru Padmasambhava, which is observed in the fifth month of the Tibetan Monkey year.
Emulating a ceremony that used to be observed at Nechung Monastery in Tibet, the energetic oracles in trance made a procession around the Nechung monastery’s main yard along with a statue of Guru Padmasambhava carried on a palanquin.
Chief Justice Commissioner Mr Kargyu Dhondup, Sikyong Dr Lobsang Sangay, Deputy Speaker of Tibetan Parliament Acharya Yeshi Phuntsok, Kalons and Secretaries of different departments of CTA, members of the standing committee of Tibetan Parliament and representatives of the Central Tibetan Administration were present at the ceremony.
